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• L&Q to refresh firms for £2.7bn upkeep and retrofit works

  29-03-2022 20:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  South east housing association London & Quadrant Housing Trust is shaking up its preferred firms delivering planned major works.
  The housing association plans to invest around £2.7bn in its existing stock over the next 15 years and is going back to the market to find trade delivery partners.
  Under the extended framework deal, there will be a “no fault break clause” exercisable on notice after the first three years.
  Scope for the contract work• Planned Maintenance &
  
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• Developer signs for £500m healthy ageing campus in Newcastle

  29-03-2022 14:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Genr8 Kajima Regeneration has formed a joint venture with Newcastle University to develop plans for the £500m Newcastle Campus for Ageing and Vitality.
  The proposals will transform a former general hospital site into a world class centre for research and innovation in ageing and living well in the city.
  The mixed-use scheme will integrate research, living, workspace and health uses examining new approaches to the way we live and how these can translate to improved health and wellbeing.This
  
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• Grosvenor starts net zero mentoring its contractors

  29-03-2022 09:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Grosvenor is pioneering a net zero mentoring programme to take its supply chain along the path to net zero carbon.
  Thirty-eight contractors, suppliers and consultants will start the free mentoring programme this week.
  It has been designed to help firms, with less than 500 employees, map and reduce their own carbon footprint, allowing Grosvenor to hit its own ambitious targets on its building programmes.Grosvenor has partnered with green consultant Heart of The City to help their supply
  
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• Bellway puts cost of post-Grenfell safety upgrades at £187m

  29-03-2022 09:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  House builder Bellway has spent or set aside a total of £187m for cladding and fire safety improvements to buildings since the Grenfell Tower fire five years ago.
  Of the total sum, around £128m remained to be spent at the start of this year.
  The volume house builder this morning revealed the full cost of meeting the Government’s strict new safety regime as it took a further provision of nearly £20m in the first six months of this year.The latest hike has been driven by bo
  
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• Green light for 170-home London Bromley estate regeneration

  29-03-2022 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Countryside and housing association partner Riverside have been cleared to redevelop Pike Close housing estate in Bromley.
  The team will now start work this summer on the first phase of the planned 170 new homes, including 92 affordable homes for the estate’s existing residents.
  Planning involves the phased demolition of all existing buildings to make way for several blocks ranging up to 14 storeys.Designed by architect HTA, the new development as a whole is anticipated to comple
  
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